Prince Albert met with the team bike of the Carabinieri of Monaco, in Monaco, 14 September, 2011
and inaugurated the bike for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Jimmy Maccio, carabinieri of Monaco, is
France champion motorcycle WERC Promotion Cup 1000, 2011. He will take part in the next 24 Hours
of Le Mans on 24 and 25 September with a motorcycle in the colors of Monaco.

Prince Albert met with the team bike of the Carabinieri of Monaco, in Monaco, 14 September, 2011
and inaugurated the bike for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Jimmy Maccio, carabinieri of Monaco, is
France champion motorcycle WERC Promotion Cup 1000, 2011. He will take part in the next 24 Hours
of Le Mans on 24 and 25 September with a motorcycle in the colors of Monaco.

He arrived in Batumi, Georgia, yesterday, September 18, and later visited the town of Mestia
with the UNESCO-protected medieval cultural heritage monuments, together with Georgian
President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Today, September 19, he visited the grave of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in Bakuriani
and presented a medal of honour to Kumaritashvili's parents. Kumaritashvili suffered a fatal
crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Vancouver, Canada,
on the day of the opening ceremony.

Albert will also visit Kvareli and Dmanisi to meet with archaeologists excavating remains of early
homo sapiens. A meeting with the Georgian National Olympic Committee as well as the participation
in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Museum is planned.

Several news outlets are reporting that Prince Albert's private plane was seen arriving at Kajaani airport (central/northern Finland) yesterday (Tuesday, 20 September) at 4 p.m. There he was greeted by a Russian reception committee and he got into a car with Russian diplomatic plates. According to newspapers Prince Albert crossed the border to Russia on Tuesday at Vartius border crossing point. From there he continued his journey to Kostomuksha. The Prince stayed in Kostomuksha only a short time and continued the journey to another place in Russia. According to a local paper he is now in Arkhangelsk. The reason for the trip is not known but it is suspected the Prince might have some business arrangements in the area.

Oh, so the information has been updated. At the time when I posted, there was very little information available and I couldn't find any news sources reporting this. There weren't any articles in English either. Now the "mystery" has been solved! But you do have to admit it did sound a little mysterious at first...